The Six Wives of King Henry VIII of England

What must Catherine of Aragon have thought when cast aside?
Her husband out of reach on his more masculine stride.
How could one woman be so strong to put up such a fight
And spoken out at court with such conviction she was right?

How must Anne Boleyn have felt on her journey to the block?
What thoughts must have encircled her as her life quickly tick-tocked?
Accused of treason, witchcraft, of relations with her brother
Forced to step toward the scaffold because Henry loved another.

Jane Seymour, how did she feel when her life was taken from her?
The only wife to have a son, yet the occasion so sombre.
Anne's lady-in-waiting, having caught the King's eye,
Was bedded and crowned, only to die.

And the second of the Annes - how must she have felt?
How must she have hated the hand that she was dealt?
Put to one side so King Henry could wed
The girl who could be paid to turn up in his bed?

Young and flirtatious, little Kitty Howard
Surprised none with how Henry gave in to her powers.
A teenager in love could not be expected
Not to stray from the bed of the King she detested.

And would Henry VIII have gone on to seven
Or eight, nine or ten, or even eleven
If Catherine Parr had not him survived?
It seems very likely, so be glad that he died.